Key West Renovation: Work in progress

January and February were demolition and construction months. In addition to the outside work, interior walls came down, floors were removed and the makeshift kitchen was installed in the living room — minus any water. We used the shower for dishes. But, day by...

Key West Renovation: Curb appeal transformation

 Watching the dream in three dimensions Built in 1953, 1310 Olivia was a simple, clean-lined concrete block structure. Essentially a rectangle with a double gabled, pitched metal roof, side porch as the main entrance and a small front extension that was the living...

Key West Renovation: Stockade fence

Trading privacy for an open, approachable fence Key West and the Historic Architecture Review Committee (HARC) are hardliners on fences. Keep them short, white and picketed. No bricks, stucco or stockades in the Old Town historic areas. There was one loophole if...

Key West Renovation: The beginning

Key West Renovation: The beginning The house had the seven things on the top of our home buyers’ wish list: two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a pool, central air, off-street parking, enough outdoor space to buffer the neighbors and a great location in The Meadows. We...

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